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ન્યાયકુસુમાંજલિ.
[ 4244 had he observed Samvara completely instead of partially, and reached the ultimate stage of Viveka, he would have surely attained salvation. Even leaving aside this it may be easily seen that it is not an ordinary thing, if one can attain heaven and in the long run Moksha by observing Yoga.
Mahatma Dridha-prahari. There lived in a certain village & Brahmana who was insolent from his very birth. He was driven out of the village by the police-officer ( Kotval), as he was morally depraved and was burden-some to the society. While wandering in forests, he met with the head of the gang of thieves, who, finding him as wicked as himself, began to treat him as if he were his own son. He was known amongst the people as Dridha-prahari, because he dealt severe blows while engaged in fighting. He was elected the leader of the thieves, when their master died. Once, with a large body of thieves, he entered a village called Kus’a-sthala and began to plunder it. In that village there lived a Brahmana with his wife and children. His children clamoured every day for Kshira. On one occasion, the Brahmana succeeded by begging in collecting the requisites for Kshira, and after preparing it, he went for a bath to a river. During his absence the thieves entered his house and searched in vain for costly materials and precious metals. However, on finding Kshira, they took up the pot of Kshira. On seeing this, the children became extremely disappointed to find that the verything which they had so long wished for and which they
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